Drawer-pull



DRAWER PULL.

' K Patented Apr,3,1883,

l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN REBSTOCK, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF, GEORGE ECKART, OF BRIDGEPORT, AND CHARLES DIETTERLIN,

OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

DRAWER-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,078, dated April 3, 1883.

Application tiled August 3, 1882. (N o model.)

To all whomvit may' concern Beit known that I, CHRISTIAN REBs'IocK, of Bridgeport, in the county ot' Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer- Pulls, of which the following is a specitioation.

The invention relates to what are called drop-pulls,77 in which the handle is allowed to ro drop down by turning on an axis, and to hang near the face of the drawer when the pull is not required for use, being drawn up again into the horizontal position when required for use.

llnake an efficient and tasteful drop-pull with the portion which engages ith the drawer formed in two separate parts applied together and maintained eicientlyin position against lateral movement, while they are zo screwed into a sutticient hole produced in the wood. The two parts engage with trunnions on the hinged part. They take hold of the hinged part by simply embracing its trunnions in suitable sockets.

The following is a description ot what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure lis a front view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, with a section of the drawer-front to which it is attached. Figs. 3 and 4. represent certain portions on a larger scale. Fig. 3 shows the hinged end of the drop part. lt is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a section through a portion. The remaining figures will be described farther on.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A is a portion of the wood work of the drawer.

B and C are two nearly similar portions, constituting together the housing or iixed portion of the drawer-pull, certain portions being designated by additional marks, as A B',

when necessary. The parts A B are semicylindrical and screw-threaded.

A2 B2 constitute a flange or bearing-plate which rests against the drawer-front.

A3 B3 constitute together the salient or pro- 5o truding portion ofthe fixed parts.

The parts B and C are similar each to the other, except that one is provided with a series of slight spurs or projections, b, projecting from the plane ot' junction into corresponding slight cavities in the other part. 'Ihese spurs produce no appreciable ei'ect in holding the parts together; lout they resist the sliding of the parts B and C one upon the other, and hold the parts correctly placed, while the whole is secured to the wood by the engagement ofthe screw-threaded portion A' B', which is effected by turning the whole strongly around by any suitable implement. Conical notches are milled or otherwise pro-A duced near the front of A3 B3 in the line ot' juncture.

I) is the drop part of my drawer-pull, certain portions being designated, when necessary, by additional marks D D2. The portion D is circular, and ot' sniiicient size to nearly till the orifice. D2 D3 are tapering trunnions formed thereon. D4 is the bar or body of the drop.

E is a stout cross-piece or handle, by grasping which the force of the hand may be readily applied to pull the drawer. The compound construction of this handle will be explained farther on.

The two pieces B C, formed, as shown, with the drop part D and attached handle E, constitute the entire device. To apply it a suitable holeis bored in thedrawer-frontA,and the parts B C are applied together, with the small projections in one engaging in the corresponding cavities in the other, and made to embrace and engage properly the trunnions D2 D3 in the small but sufficient notches provided. Thus conditioned, the screw-threaded parts A' B are properly entered in thewood, and the whole device turned strongly around until it is screwed home. With a little care in starting the screw-thread aright the device can be made to come to rest with the drop D hanging perpendicularly, and consequently with the cross-bar or handle E horizontal. It is now ready to serve for an indefinite period, the drop D, carrying the cross-bar E, being drawn up into a line nearly coinciding with the prolonged axis of the threaded parts A B to pull out the drawer, and dropping again into the position represented by the turning of the drop part on the trunnions D2 D3 so soon as itis released.

l make the handleE in several parts, (designated by additional marks E E2, Sac.) Referring to Fig. 4, E' is an exteriorcasing of metal; E2, a front face, of plate-glass or other transparent material; E3, a piece of' metal foil, paper, or other suitable material, carryingany device or printed letters which it may be desired to present, and E4 a piece of wood or other suitable material filling the space in the rear of E3 and forming a strong body for the handle.

The body D4 ot' the drop may be firmly joined to the handle or cross-bar E by extending into or through the latter and being provided with sufficient screw-threads.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lower part, C, in position for use, with the trunnions of the drop engaged in the notches; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section through both parts B C and a portion of the drop part E. In these iigures H is an ornamental washer or escutcheon applied to the drawer-front in advance of the application of my device, and held in place by the latter. The holding-power ot the screwthreads of the parts B C is aided by an additional bolt, I, Washer J, and nut K. These parts, additional to those shown in Figs'. 1 and 2, allow the device to be strongly secured in situations where the screw-threaded portions B' C do not take a firm hold of the wood. lt is only essential that the parts B and O shall be firmly held together by the wood, the bolt and its nut and washer being relied on to sustain the force of the pull in opening the drawer.

Further moditications may be made by any good mechanic. The proportions and forms oftheparts may bechanged. The screw-threads on the parts A B may be more acute and more extended. 'lhey may be milled or otherwise finished sharply, so as to takeavery tirm hold on the wood. y The part D', instead of being a dat circular portion, as shown, may be spherical, with the axis of motion, which is the line of the trunnions D2 D3, passing through the center. The sockets or tapering holes in the parts B C, which receive the trunnions D2 D3, need not he in the joint between the parts B C. They may be conical holes reamed or otherwise made with-suicient accuracy in the parts B C, respectively,at right angles to the line ot'joint, or in any other desired position. Such an arrangement may under some conditions be desirable where the strength of the arrangement shown might be considered insutiicient; but the device as shown presents the more tasteful appearance. The trunnions D2 D3 may in some cases be cylindrical instead ot' conical.

l claim as my invention- 1. In a drawer-pull, the screw-threaded portion A VTB', face part A2 B2, and projecting portion A3 B3, formed in two separate portions, with spurs b in one part engaging in corresponding recesses in the other, and with recesses for receiving trunnions on the drop, in combination with a drop having a head, D', and trunnions D2 D3, and adapted to serve relatively to each other and to a drawer, substantially as herein speciiied.

2. The drawerpull drop described, composed ofthe shank D4, having means to engage it with the fixed portion, in combination with a metallic frame, E', fixed to the end of said shank and inclosing a transparent front piece, E2, and a iilling, E4, with ornaments E3 interposed between the transparent piece E2 and iilling E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, this 1st day of August, 1882, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN REBSTOCK.

Witnesses:

SAM B. SUMNER, ERNEST L. STAPLES., 

